Gemalto hacking of SIM card encryption keys

http://www.gemalto.com/press/Pages/Information-regarding-a-report-mentioning-a-hacking-of-SIM-card-encryption-keys.aspx

At present we cannot prove a link between those past attempts and what was reported yesterday. 

SUPERFISH malware UNINSTALL INSTRUCTIONS

NOTE: Please download and run the Automatic Removal tool executable to ensure complete removal of Superfish and Certificates for all major browsers.

Automatic Removal ToolAutomatic Removal Tool LicenseAutomatic Removal Tool Source code
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/superfish_uninstall
https://blog.filippo.io/komodia-superfish-ssl-validation-is-broken/
Windows Defender version 1.193.444.0 will detect and remove Superfish AND the system cert
https://twitter.com/FiloSottile

NOTE: If you prefer not to use the Automatic tool please follow the manual instructions below.

Manually uninstall the SuperFish ApplicationManually remove the SuperFish Certificate from the Windows Certificate Store (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Maxthon)Manually remove the SuperFish Certificate from Mozilla products (Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird)

To be certain that SuperFish is completely removed, you must make sure:

A. The SuperFish application is uninstalled and
B. The SuperFish certificate is removed.